EDWARD SNOWDEN: I Want To Go Home

Edward Snowden wants to return to the United States, according to
an exclusive interview with NBC's Brian Williams.

"I don't think
there's ever been any question that I'd like to go home," Snowden
said. "I mean, I've from day one said that I'm doing this to
serve my country."

After stealing hundreds of thousands of top secret documents from
NSA servers, the 30-year-old former systems administrator became
stranded in Moscow after arriving with no valid travel
documents on June 23.

Russia granted asylum on August 1, and Snowden has been
in living an
undisclosed location ever since. He doesn't know how he'd make it
back to America.

"Now, whether amnesty or clemency ever becomes a
possibility is not for me to say," Snowden told NBC. "That's a
debate for the public and the government to decide. But if I
could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home."

The New York Times recently
reported that U.S. Justice Department prosecutors "have
signaled no interest in giving Mr. Snowden credit for the
surveillance debate he started."

In the interview, Snowden asserted that "had the
government not gone too far and overreached — we wouldn't be in a
situation where whistleblowers were necessary,"
addingthat he
"will
do everything I can to continue to work in the most responsible
way possible — and to prioritize causing no harm while serving
the public good."

When Williams asked Snowden if he would apply for an
extension to his one-year temporary asylum, the former CIA
technician laughed and said "of course" he would apply if it ran
out.

In January, Russia
signaled that it had already decided to extend his
stay.